Improvement in milk-cans



N. P. BARNES.

Milk Can.

Patented Marh 20, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

NOBLE P. BARNES, OF CARMEL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,256, dated March 20,1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NOBLE P. BARNES, of Carmel, in the county of Putnamand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMilk-Cans; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is avertical longitudinal section of my improved can. Fig. 2 is a horizontalcrosssection through the line 00 at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of thegalvanized or tinned metal of which the cans are made, (full size.) Fig.4 is a vertical longitudinal section of a can made in the ordinary way.Fig. 5 is a cross-section of one of the hoops of old can enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish a milk-can free from theobjections brought against the old can; and it consists in forming thecan of plate metal, galvanized or tinned, instead of using sheet metal,and in the manner of attaching the bottom, bottom band, and top of thecan, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of the can, which is made of plate metal. The metal islapped and riveted, as represented in Fig. 1, and the seam is thenthoroughly soldered. The body A of the can extends to the ground-that isto say, the can stands upon the lower edge of the body A, and not upon abottom band or hoop, as in the ordinary can, as shown in Fig. 4.

Around the bottom or inner lower edge of the body A is placed a band, B.This band may be attached to the body A of the can by rivets, and theupper edge of said band may be soldered to the side of the can. Upon theupper edge of the band B is placed the bottom 0 of the can, said bottombeing made in the ordinary form. This bottom is then soldered fast tothe top of the band B and to the side of the body A of the can, so as tomake a tight seam. The top D of the can is struck up into the ordinaryform 5 but its edge is turned down so as to fit into the upper part ofthe body A, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper edge of the body A is thenriveted to the turned-down edge of the top D.

The upper edge of the body A should be even with or a little higher thanthe shoulder of the turned-down edge of the top D, and the space orangle thus formed should be filled with solder so as to form a closeseam.

The neck E, mouth F, and handles G are formed and attached in theordinary manner.

In the old style of cans the top H and body I I were attached to eachother by a projecting seam,as represented at J, Fig. 4. The body I,bottom K, and outer bottom band, L, were also attached to each otherwith a pro jecting seam,as shown at M, Fig. 4. These projecting seamsare constantly becoming injured and being worn through and requireconstant repairs. The old cans were also strengthened by hoops, N, whichwere soldered to the outside of the can; but the moisture wascontinually finding its way in between the hoops and the body of the caneither through imperfections of the soldering or through cracks made insaid solder by bruising the can, and the consequence was that the canswere soon injured and destroyed by rust.

The outer surface of my improved can is smooth, having no seams for thecollection of moisture, and having no projecting seams at its bottom ortop to be injured or worn away by use and any blow upon the upper cornerof the can would fall upon the edge of the vertical side, which hasstrength sulificient to resist the blow and prevent injury to the can.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an improvementin milk-cans, the com bination of the cylindrical boX.A, band B, concavebottom (J, and struck-up top 1), constructed and secured in the mannerherein described.

NOBLE P. BARNES.

